Ammunition-box with yielding bearings.



W. FELLER.

'AMMUNITION'BOX WITH YIELDIN'G BEARINGS.

APPLICATIQN FILED FEB. 18. 1914.

1,179,417. Patented Apr. 18,1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application filed February 18, 1914. Serial No. 819,473.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLY FELLER, residing at Essen-on-the-Ruhr, Germany, a

subject of the Emperor of Germany, havev invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ammunition-Boxes with Yielding Bearings, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to ammunition boxes with a device for yieldingly supporting the ammunition and consists in providing in the box a detachable, flexible band of steel or other material with a plurality of interchangeable buffers of rubber or similar material, each serving as hearing for the head of a projectile. I

In the accompanying drawing is illustrated one embodiment representing an ammunition box, where Figure l is a section and part elevation of the ammunition box and Fig. 2 a section along line 22 of Fig. 1 seen from above.-

Fig. 3, a side view of the band E with its sides curled up for passing it through the bearings b 0 The box A has a lid a which may be connected with the box by hinges and is provided on its inner side with a strip a of leather, felt or similar material. The box has cross partitions B and C with stamped cylindrical bearings b and 0 respectively for each cartridge. On the bottom a of the box rest disk shaped bufi'ers D, preferably made of rubber, one buffer being provided for the flat head of each projectile Gr. These buffers are arranged in a flexible band, preferably of steel, in such a manner, that they are held at their places in the band in consequence of their own shape only. For this purpose each bufler D is provided with an annular groove al the smallest diameter of which coincides with the diameter of the cut 6 of the band E. On one side of the groove d the upper sideis arranged a collar (1 of such a diameter that the butter may be pressed in (from below) into the cut 6 In this operation the collar d is first bent back and thereupon it springs out into the position shown in the drawing. Flat headed screws F are provided for securing the ends of the band E, retained by nuts f to the bottom a of the box. The band E which in practice is constructed very thin can consequently be bent up trough shaped as shown in Fig. 3 in order to draw it through the bearings b 0 In this manner it will be readily seen that the band E, together with the buffers D may be without difliculty. removed from the ammunition box through the bearings or openings 6 c or put back in position through these openings and secured by screws and nuts F P.

When the lid a is closed, the cartridges are put in between the strip a and the buders D, so that they cannot be injured by shocks caused by traveling. Should one of the buffers D be useless, the band E with the buffers D is taken up through the bearings 0 12 after the nuts 7 have been removed, whereupon the bufiers are exchanged and the band again fastened to the bottom of the box. In ammunition chests which are constructed to contain two or more rows of projectiles or rounds, the buffers belonging to each-row of ammunition are arranged in a separate band.

I claim:

1. In an ammunition box a false wall of flexible material having a plurality of apertures, corresponding in number to the number of rounds of ammunition contained in the box, a solid bufler seated in each aperture for yieldingly supporting the point of a round of ammunition.

2. In an ammunition box a band of flexible material removably secured within the box, said band having a plurality of apertures, corresponding in number to the number of rounds of ammunition contained in the box, a rubber bufier seated in each aperture and forming an abutment for the point of a round of ammunition, said buffers being detachable from the band.

3. In an ammunition box a band of flexible material removably secured within the box,

of the box, said band having a plurality of apertures ccrresponding in number to the number of rounds of ammunition contained in the box, a buffer seated in each aperture and forming an abutment for the point of a round of ammunition, said buffers being detachable from the band.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the fCommissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G.

The foregoing specification signed at Barmen, Germany, this 28th day of January,

WILLY FELLER. [1..s.] In presence of HELEN NUFER, v.

ALBERT NUFER. 

